Products & Utilities

For custom development and systems integration firms, the creation of Products and Efficiency utilities are often perceived as the Holy Grail. Essentially, they allow us to either commercialize our product ideas, or, critically, to become more efficient in our execution; neither are easy to do effectively. At CodeLab Technology Group we have done both of these things. Our success in these areas speaks to both our development mindset and technical capabilities.

Custom Software Development is often approached as though software requirements are immutable. Intense budget, timeline and staff constraints further conspire to drive development toward an approach that delivers a very specific solution to a very specific problem. Which is fine - so long as the problem never changes. And that's just the problem. Change. Within your group, your company, your industry and, most importantly, your client base. Change unfolds in unpredictable ways. Your software needs to allow your organization to respond.

What's the Difference?
In differentiating between custom Software development and custom Application development, we are doing more than playing semantic games.

Our experience in custom integration projects, custom solutions development, and commercially deployed Packaged Solutions (see the partial list below) provides us with a terrific knowledge base. This experience in developing applications deployed by a variety of clients with different needs informs and enhances our approach to custom development. Whether through the extensive use of rules-based controls or the horizon-planning portion of our Crystallization process, our goal is to incorporate flexibility into your applications.

Why Does it Matter?
The answer is self-evident for companies selecting a firm to collaborate with on the development of packaged solutions meant for broad deployment. It is equally beneficial to companies that are also looking to create solutions that will reflect their evolving requirements. Whether you are a growing firm looking for more than the "three-walled house" inadvertently conveyed in your requirements document, or a multinational company trying to support a variety of contending needs, prudent application planning, architectural flexibility, and robust technical execution will pay dividends. We can't accommodate every change, but we can work with you to anticipate the changes that our experience suggests are likely, and build in the architectural flexibility to deal with them. Let us help your company cope with your evolving requirements.

“Not just Custom Development, Custom Application Development. While this may sound like semantic parsing, it is not. The difference is profound and it should matter to you and your organization.”

A partial list of the Packaged Solutions and Robust Utilities that we have created follows:

• Pre-Trade Analytics for the Equities Market (Product)
• Post-Trade Analytics for the Equities Market (Product)
• Fixed Income Analytics Solution (Product)
• DataScrubber Development Utility for Data Migration (Utility)
• Event Management Product for Marketing Services (Product)
• Container Freight Management System (Product)
• Integrated WebSite Development Toolkit (Product)
• Web-based CRM solution (Utility)